Hairy-joint Grass  |  

Arthraxon hispidus, Family Poaceae, also known as Hairy-joint Grass, is a slender tufted creeping grass that roots at the nodes, with erect to semi-erect stems. The leaves are reddish to purplish, with long white hairs around the edge, broad at the base and tapering abruptly to a sharp point. Flowers appear in March to July and summer to autumn. The fruit is a caryopsis (simple, dry single seeded fruit, with seed fused to the wall of the fruit and remaining closed at maturity). The seed-heads are held above the plant on a long fine stalk. This species was once considered an annual, but is now thought to be a perennial that tends to die down in winter.